Men Carry My Coffin

A woman recollects her life through the 5 men she loves.5 men. 5 Chapters

1: The Daddy2: The Brother3: The Artist4: The Footballer5: The Genius

There are 5 men and some of them will carry her coffin. Someof them will carry the weight that is her. As she writes, herlife unfolds, one love at a time, one chapter after the otherrevealing a truth that has nothing at all to do with reality andexposes a story of outrageous love.

“He tells me to write, this man they say is a genius. Writefor fuck’s sake. Never stop writing. I sit opposite him in hisoffice just North of Copenhagen that looks more like a privatelibrary than a work place. He says that what happened tome is a story. The story of how I ended up here on his sofa, 5weeks after I tried to commit murder against myself.

I think of the 6 poems I wrote during my twenties. I am now32. I realize I don’t like writing.

“One page a day, for me” he demands. “Write it for me”. Hethinks it will help me to stay alive. I think it will help me to die.”